Excellent resource: https://howsecureismypassword.net/

What happened to the USB image writer that used to be in the menu? That is for those of us whose CD burner does not work. I had to down load a third party PPA and am having trouble getting it to work properly. This will be a problem for me and I suppose others who use iso image writers to a USB stick when we go to download series 3.

Close - Wonder if we can break 100 users online...



Edit:
Up to 78  !!

Release Announcement

Linux Lite 2.8 Beta is now available for testing. The star of this release is the Hardware Enablement Stack, 3.19 based Kernel offering greater hardware support. This release marks the end of the Series 2 release cycle. It's been quite a journey. Our evolution in what we offer people is due in large part to our wonderful, valuable community. Most of the features that end up in Linux Lite came from your suggestions, your feedback. Linux Lite 2.8 Beta is a continuation of that symbiosis between developers and community. During this development cycle, the open source software community lost a pioneering visionary. Linux Lite dedicates this release in honor, and to the memory of Ian Murdock, founder of Debian.



As usual you still get the latest Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Wine (via Lite Software) and Gimp.

Changelog:
Firefox 43.0.4
Thunderbird 38.4.0
LibreOffice 5.0.4.2
Base: 14.04.3
Hardware Enablement Stack 3.19 Kernel - Thanks Zead
Help Manual now accessible from the Desktop.
Added BTRFS Support.
Added HEVC H.265 Support in VLC - Thanks rokytnji
New Thunar Media Tags Plugin.
Hulu now works out of the box - Thanks tomt
Ctrl+Shift+Esc key combo, brings up the Task Manager - Thanks Teddy
Fixed bug where Blueman applet was storing files in /etc/skel - Thanks vaikus84

As this is the last build of Linux Lite in the 2.0 series, we wanted to finish off with a balance of great hardware support with kernel 3.19, whilst maintaining our renown stability.

Developer credits - John Jenkins, Jerry Bezencon, Milos Pavlovic, Brian Tomlinson, Josh Erickson

Wallpapers:

New wallpapers will be added into Linux Lite 2.8 Final.

Downloads:
HTTP:
Download 32bit from here - Linux Lite 2.8 Beta 32bit
md5sum: 88152b0c21d2fd3c436862303a9de3ad
Size: 791mb (DVD, USB)

Download 64bit from here - Linux Lite 2.8 Beta 64bit
md5sum: e2c28448bb1cc9aef3d3b7ee590805ed
Size: 808mb (DVD, USB)

TORRENTS:
32bit Torrent from here - linux-lite-2.8-beta-32bit.iso.torrent
Hash: cda34ae34af532182553628e4c7037ff58370b5a
Size: 791mb (DVD, USB)

64bit Torrent from here - linux-lite-2.8-beta-64bit.iso.torrent
Hash: b7f3be54435ec932a672182099574216a03ac1f3
Size: 808mb (DVD, USB)

Live USB/DVD/VirtualBox/Vmware:

Login is automatic, no credentials required. The image can be written to a 2gb or larger USB stick, or a writable DVD. Alternatively, you can use the dd command: sudo dd if=linux-lite-2.8-beta-xxbit.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=4M where 'x' is the letter of your usb stick. In linux to find out the letter of your usb stick, open a terminal and type: df -h It is usually listed as 'media' or similar. Please see the built in Help Manual if you require a more detailed explanation of this procedure.

All Ubuntu 32bit kernels these days ship with PAE.

Minimum Recommended Specs:
700MHz processor
512mb ram
VGA screen capable of 1024x768 resolution
DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image

Preferred Specs:
1.5GHz processor+
1024mb ram+
VGA, DVI or HDMI screen capable of 1366x768 resolution+
DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image

Login to the live desktop is automatic.

The first thing you MUST do after a fresh install of Linux Lite is run Menu, Favorites, Install Updates.

As this is a beta release, there are bound to be bugs etc. Please help make the final stable for other people by participating in this Beta. Please report any bugs and feedback in this thread.

Screenshots:

[img height=585 width=800]http://i.imgur.com/SfRwL1w.png[/img]

[img height=585 width=800]http://i.imgur.com/xRErqxI.png[/img]

Thank you
Jerry and the team.

sudo apt-get update

Hi Everybody,

I'm running LL 2.6 with the latest version of Skype, but I can't even get it to open even though it seems to be well installed. What am I doing wrong? I am a total ignorant with Linux but was able to install and update everything else just fine. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. This reviving of the old laptop is turning to be harder than expected.

I also experience image stuttering on youtube but I don't belive it's related.
best regards,
gaidjo

I'm still finding my way around Lite and have a question.

Only Calibre 1.25 is available for installation. I would like to install the latest version from Calibre's site. Should I remove the older version thru Package Manager first?

I saw an option in Package Manager called 'Mark All Upgrades' what is it for and can I use it to upgrade Calibre 1.25 to 2.4x, if yes, how?

We're on the hunt for new wallpapers for Linux Lite 2.8

If you're unsure of what type we are looking for, have a look in the current selection. They should be:

- High quality images
- jpg or png
- A minimum resolution of 1920 x 1080
- Virus scanned - https://www.virustotal.com/
- Have a generic wide appeal (no niche or bizarre stuff)

Thank you

Hello again,


I have always used VLC as my go-to media player...even before my linux days. And it has always worked perfectly for playing DVDs. However, recently I was trying to watch a couple DVDs and had issues with the video skipping sections of the movie during playback. The video would pause.....then skip a couple minutes of the movie before continuing. (This of course greatly interrupted family movie night). I tried running this DVD on 3 different machines....all running LL 2.6 and all running VLC. Finally, we finished the night switching to my wife's Windows 10 machine, also running VLC, in order to watch the film.


The next day I installed SMPlayer to try the same DVD and it played fine. However, I cannot get to the DVD menu in SMPlayer and movie's since have had problems getting to the main feature without the menu. Tonight, once again, family movie night required a Win 10 machine to run the movie correctly.


Soooooo....what has happened to VLC and its ability to play DVDs? What other media player options are there that will support DVD menus? I am frustrated having to revert to Windows just to do family movie night.....


Thanks in advance....


Ken

I installed LL along side W7 and dual boot worked for 1 day but now when I select W7, computer goes blank for a second and then loops back to the grub dual boot screen.  Around and around in a continuous loop .  LL boots up and is a fine program but I still need W7 occasionally.........I also downloaded the LL 2.6 .iso file and burned it to disk.  Do I just run the 2.6 iso and install it over the installed  LL 2.4 ?  I'm not really sure what to do.
Larry